Christmas is coming!
Seasons Greetings to you and yours!
With the Christmas and gift giving season fast approaching you may be wondering what to get that special person. Well, we have been busy sourcing new and unique as well as beautiful handmade crafts for such an occasion. We are excited to be adding these new products to our website www.lacasamexicana.us and we know you will be too! With so many things being mass produced and mechanically made it is good to know that you can still find quality handmade products. At La Casa Mexicana.us we appreciate the art of handmade crafts and are pleased to offer them to you , our customer. If you are looking for a gift that is unique and handmade, we may in fact have just what you had in mind! We invite you to come and check us out and hope that you have and enjoyable experience with us. We are proud of the products that we carry so we try to be informative as we can with respect to each product and artist. Below is just a sample of the offerings that we carry at La Casa Mexicana.us. Please check out or website www.lacasamexicana.us for more exciting finds.

Talavera Bell by Tòmas Huerta



Talavera Cross by Tòmas Huerta



Blue and White Plate by Gorky Gonzalez

Gorky Gonzalez Pottery

Hola! We are super excited to offer you Gorky Gonzalez Pottery! For those of you not familiar with Gorky Gonzalez, let me give you a quick biography of his life.

Gorky Gonzalez was born in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, on September 27th, 1939. He is the son of sculptor Rodolfo Gonzalez, with whom he worked and studied sculpture and casting of artistic objects in bronze and lost wax.

In 1962 at age 23, Gorky worked in San Miguel de Allende, a village located in the State of Guanajuato at the School of Arts and the Allende Institute, where he built an artistic foundry attended by both student and professional sculptors. Later he founded a small workshop of terra cotta manufacturing in the village of Marfil where he reproduced Jean Byron's designs.

His main interest, however, has always been rescuing the traditional Majolica of Mexico. He studied ceramics in Guanajuato, which prompted him to rescue this lost craft which represents one of the cultural and historical values of this region.

While he was striving to achieve this aim, Gorky met Hisato Murayama, a young cultured Japanese who was studying Spanish, Philosophy, and Mexican history. Hisato Murayama, a professional connoisseur of pottery techniques, lent Gorky various books on Japanese art, encouraging him to continue his studies in Japan.

Gorky was granted a scholorship to study in Japan for 2 years, where he not only learned diverse pottery techniques but also met his wife, Toshiko. In this remote country he first studied in Tokyo with Tsuji Seimei, who taught the Shigaraki technique. Later he moved to the town of Bizen, where he studied with Kei Fujiwara, considered Japan's living national treasure, and with his son, Yu Fujiwara, also a renowned potter. There he learned the Bizen - Yaki technique.

Currently, Gorky Gonzalez owns his own ceramic workshop located in Guanajuato, Mexico. He works there with his son, Gorky Gonzalez Jr, where they continue to produce unique majolica ceramics for you to enjoy in your home.

We just received a shipment of Salt & Pepper Shakers, Square Plates, Espresso Cup & Saucers, Coffee Cup & Saucers, Napkin Rings, Frog Creamer & Sugar Sets, & Tequila Shot Sets!

We will soon have Christmas Ornaments by Gorky Gonzalez! So check back soon!



Visit us at www.LaCasaMexicana.us to see our selection of Gorky Gonzalez Pottery!

Chao!

All products will be uploaded within the coming days! We appreciate your patience!

Additions to the Product Line

Hola!

Well, there is a lot of good news and a little bad news. The bad news is that I have been having a great deal of trouble getting an international account set up with my preferred shipping company. They are suppose to let me know how everything turns out this week! So, with that being said, the first shipment of Mexican Talavera Pottery should well be on its way by NEXT week! I know it seems like I am promising and promising, but I am banking on this time! ;) And I truly appreciate your patience and anticipation!

Well I did say that I have A LOT of good news, right? I have been product sources like mad and have found some more quality hand-made Mexican items to add to the product line! I knew you would be excited! I came across some adorable handmade corn husk angels. They are absolutely perfect for the Christmas tree or to use in your decor all year long! My favorite are the natural corn husk angels! However, the angels are made in an array of different colors that would look fantastically Mexican mixed all up!


Anybody need a tortilla basket? Hecho a mano en Mexico! (Handmade in Mexico!) I have also found a great product line of handmade Mexican palm baskets. Like the angels, the baskets come in a grand assortment of colors and in the classic natural dried-palm color. These baskets are functional as well as appealing! I love to just leave my tortilla basket on the kitchen table. There are several different style baskets to choose from. So have fun and mix them up!




Ok, I don't want to overwhelm you...but I have saved the best for last! Romero Gurman dichroic silver jewelry! Dichroic glass is an ultra-thin layer of metal oxides and quartz which give the glass dichroic optical properties. Romero and Gurman are a husband-wife team that create spectacular dichroic glass jewelry all made by hand in the heart of Mexico, Mexico City. This dynamic duo actually met while doing research on glass! Together Romero and Gurman have years of experience working with glass and creating dazzling jewelry. Their jewelry is bright, colorful, and sure to add a spark to your jewelry collection. I guarantee that you don't have anything like it!



Well, that wraps all of my news up! Check out my website, www.LaCasaMexicana.us for all of these great handmade Mexican items. We will be getting products soon! Thank you for your patience!

Chao!

Inventory Almost Here!

Hola!
Well, today is the day!...the day that Tomas Huerta will ship out the first order of Talavera Pottery to us! All of the empty web pages are just waiting the arrival of the products and we will be set for business. I just can't wait to open the boxes and marvel at the beautiful Talavera pieces inside!

However, in the meantime, I am still practicing an html tutorial that my daughter made for me. She is new at html and web design, as well and, I believe that she has done a phenomenal job with the website, La Casa Mexicana.us . With that being said, everything that we have learned has been from free articles and tutorials on the net. Therefore, we would like to thank the many people who wrote those articles for they have truely been helpful! And for Skip McGrath, I have finally found my niche!

~Chao!

Adding Mexican Recipes to the Site

Hola,
I have been racking my brain trying to think of something to add to the website that you will enjoy and find useful. And guess what!? It finally occurred to me... Mexican Recipes! Mexican recipes will be a wonderful addition to the website that will help it be more useful and enjoyable for you! My daughter learned quite a bit about a few basic Mexican staples during her stay in Mexico and I intend on (with her help) posting the recipes on the website within the next two weeks. And as soon as I prepare them again, I will take informative pictures to help explain the processes. I will aslo take lovely pictures of the delicious cuisine in beautiful Talavera dinnerware! Oh, I can't wait to get cooking! Que rico!

Now if you have any Mexican recipes that you would like to share, I will be very pleased to publish them on the website. You can e-mail them to me at LaCasaMexicana@live.com or post them as a comment here. I look forward to sharing recipes with you! This is going to be fun!

Oh, and don't forget to check out the website at www.LaCasaMexicana.us!

First Blog Post

Hola!
I have just created my online e-commerce website, www.LaCasaMexicana.us, where I will offer quality hand-made Mexican Talavera Pottery from Puebla, Mexico. However, the site is not open yet due to ZERO inventory! But don't worry, I have placed my custom order with el Senor Thomas Huerta and he is busy creating all of the one of a kind beautiful Talavera pieces right now! I just received an email from him saying that the Talavera will be ready to ship the 18th of July. So the grand opening for my e-commerce site is set for around the beginning of August! I am extremely excited and enthusiastic about my new business venture. I love quality hand-made crafts and am delighted to be able to offer them to you! I will be keeping you posted on what is going on and when you can expect to see the first piece of Mexican Talavera Pottery go up on the site!